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	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Agency Tech Achievement Award Deadline Extended</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2009/01/agency-tech-achievement-award-deadline-extended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Attention high-tech agents!  The entry deadline for the second annual National Underwriter “Agency Technology Achievement Award” program, run in partnership with the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, has been extended until March 9.

 
Multi-line agencies are encouraged to enter their own IT programs for consideration. However, insurers, managing general agencies and tech vendors are also welcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Auto Rates Down, But Price Gap Widens For Weary Consumers</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/12/online-auto-rates-down-but-price-gap-widens-for-weary-consumers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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When it comes to buying auto insurance online, there is good news and bad news.  
 
The good news is that online auto insurance rates overall seem to be lower than in previous years.  The bad news is that the percentage of variation between high and low quotations given to online buyers has expanded over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Windows XP Really That Good?</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/12/is-windows-xp-really-that-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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When it comes to the products we purchase with our hard earned (and shrinking) dollars, it goes without saying that we want good value and good quality.  

 
But how good does the value have to be before we pronounce it “good” and how good does the quality have to be before we characterize it similarly?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software Keeps Windows PCs Humming for Under $30</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/11/software-keeps-windows-pcs-humming-for-under-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/11/software-keeps-windows-pcs-humming-for-under-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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With financial markets in free fall and the insurance industry taking its own body blows from a weakened economy, most of us don’t give much thought to computer utilities—those programs that keep our PCs tuned-up and free from potential problems.  
 
The truth is, however, that some of those problems—like computers freezing up and crashing—can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISOTECH Vendors Aren&#8217;t Worried by Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/11/isotech-vendors-arent-worried-by-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;Recession?  What recession?&#8221;  This seemed to be the attitude of many of the show floor vendors who attended the recent ISOTECH insurance technology conference in Las Vegas, where displays of wealth are certainly not uncommon. 

As I roamed the exhibit area at this annual tech gathering, I informally asked many of the exhibiting companies how the recession was affecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All High-Tech Agents!</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/11/calling-all-high-tech-agents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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Are you an agent?  Is yours an agency that&#8217;s at the top of its game technologically-speaking (the mere fact that you&#8217;re reading this blog makes that evident)?  Do you know an agent who fits that description?  If so, pay attention to the following important announcement.  

 
To recognize independent, multi-line agencies making the most innovative use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Woes May Endanger Agents</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/10/economic-woes-may-endanger-agents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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In these times of economic hardship, even the normally solid insurance industry is being hurt, and that includes the technology sector of our normally placid world, but a new study suggests that agents may feel the brunt of the damage. 

Just how will the economic downturn affect the planning and spending decisions carriers will make?  A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Crisis Will Have Little Impact on Insurance IT Spending</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/10/financial-crisis-will-have-little-impact-on-insurance-it-spending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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While the insurance industry is seeing some fallout from the recent economic crisis, two industry analysts predict that IT budgets here and abroad will feel little effect from such events.  
 
According to independent market analyst Datamonitor, “IT budgets should be more stable than those in the banking sector, with neither robust spending [nor] dramatic budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Would Make the Best Technology President?  Surprise!  It&#8217;s John McCain</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/10/who-would-make-the-best-technology-president-surprise-its-john-mccain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/10/who-would-make-the-best-technology-president-surprise-its-john-mccain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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I recently heard a man remark on a New York radio station that when it comes to this year’s presidential candidates, “There’s not a dime of difference between them.”  

My immediate reaction was that this gentleman obviously hasn’t been paying attention, but when I looked quickly at the candidates’ positions on technology issues, I began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle Insurance is Good News for the Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/10/oracle-insurance-is-good-news-for-the-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amaher</dc:creator>
		
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Oracle recently announced the official launch of its new Oracle Insurance brand and the release of its new Application Integration Architecture (AIA) for insurance, which it says will create a broad integration foundation for insurer systems.

&#8220;Oracle Insurance helps insurers improve business agility through an end-to-end software offering that manages the entire enterprise-from technical infrastructure to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 May Be a Cooler Year After All</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/09/2008-may-be-a-cooler-year-after-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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Amid fear and trembling over a warming planet, it seems that the British have provided some data that indicate a cooling trend, at least for this year.  

 
Data from the UK Met Office shows that temperatures in the first half of the year have been more than 0.1 Celsius cooler than any year since 2000, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applied vs. AMS: Let&#8217;s Get Ready to Rumble!</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancetechguru.com/blog/2008/09/applied-vs-ams-lets-get-ready-to-rumble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ara</dc:creator>
		
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On April 12, 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, signaling the beginning of the Civil War.  Now, some 147 years later, another momentous shot was fired as Applied Systems CEO Jim Kellner introduced his company&#8217;s new Epic agency management system and at the same time denounced arch-rival AMS Services products as &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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